Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Highest completed education

• 2009, Ph.D. in sociology at Philosophical Faculty of Charles University, Prague
• 2009, Ph.D. in political science at the Institut des études politiques (Sciences-Po), Paris
• 2002 - 2003, Ph.D. candidate Centre Français de Recherche en Sciences sociales (CEFRES), Prague
• 2001, Mgr., sociology, Philosophical Faculty of Charles University in Prague

Field of specialisation

• theory of trust, forms of trust in traditional, modern and post-modern society
• theory of trust and democracy (interpersonal trust, institutional trust, legitimity of political regime in the context of post-communist transformation)
• social cohesion - social capital, civil society, determinants of social trust

Teaching activities

• FF UK - teaching at the Chaire of Sociology (from 2001, fellow from 2003 ) : Introduction to Sociology, seminars: Trust in Society, Trust and Social Capital, Trust and Democracy, Sociological current affairs
• HAMU - teaching Introduction to Sociology

Foreign scholarships, fellowships or other academic study abroad

• Institut des études politiques de Paris (IEP) - periodical residencies in 2003 - 2006
• EHESS Centre d´etudes des mouvements sociaux (CEMS) - June 2006
• Yale University, USA - August - December 2006

Membership or position in academic committees, boards, and institutions

• member of organizational commitee of Theoretical section of MČSS (Masaryk´s Czech Sociological Society)
• member of the commitee of Academic YMCA
• member of ASFR - Association Française de Sciences sociales des Religions